Word: burrs
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...provision that allows it to bring in the background, record and character of the defendant. Accordingly, Jones will call witnesses from McVeigh's past with the hope of humanizing him and showing that up until April 19, 1995, he was a decent young man and fine soldier. Richard Burr, a soft-spoken death-penalty expert who is conducting the defense case in the penalty phase, told the jury that McVeigh is a man "who could be your son, who could be your brother, who could be your grandson...
DENVER: Taking one last, wild shot before jurors began deliberating Timothy McVeigh's punishment, his defense closed with the somewhat incredible argument that McVeigh didn't deserve to die because we were all to blame. "Aren't we all in some way implicated in this crime?" defense attorney Richard Burr asked, arguing that Americans let tyranny reign during the bloody sieges at Waco and Ruby Ridge. "We all bear some responsibility for Oklahoma City," he said. "We should not feel a clear conscience if we kill Tim McVeigh." The tactic smacks of desperation, notes TIME's Adam Cohen. "Now they...
Other houses were more outwardly friendly to randomization. Lowell House Allston Burr Senior Tutor Eugene C. McAfee down-played the effect that the new lottery policy had on his house...
...interaction between the [HAND] program and a lot of the other public service programs on campus,' said Kidd, who noted that there have already been several planning meetings to prepare for the upcoming move. The new Barker Center for the Humanities includes the former Union building, the adjoining Burr Hall and nearby Warren House; the construction cost $25 million...
Michael J. Prokopow, Allston Burr senior tutor of Adams House, says that dealing with academic dishonesty is difficult for everyone involved...